Walt Whitman Essays

“When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” by Walt Whitman is the recollection of a speaker that attended an astronomer’s lecture only to be bored and leaves the room to enjoy the stars without scientific analyzation hindering their natural beauty. On the other hand, “324” by Emily Dickinson demonstrates the role of nature in the speaker’s personal connection to religion and God instead of attending Church and sermons. Although their topics seem so unlike, the poetic devices within them have both similarities

The elegy When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd, written by Walt Whitman in 1865, extraordinarily emphasizes on the unexpected loss of love, succinctly portrayed through the combination of three parts of free verse poems containing constant comparison between transcendentalism and realism that sums up to 216 lines. Abraham Lincoln, assassinated in 1865, is the man whom Whitman always talks about, despite never been mentioned by name. The first section, stanza 1-4, conveys his massive depression

Whitman’s Poetry Walt Whitman will remain as a well-known, superb poet. Clarence Brown stated, the words of someone speaking on Walt Whitman, “He is the only one of the conventionally recognized American poets who is worth reading” (37). Walt Whitman is a poet that writes with purpose. His poetry seems to attempt to teach the more desirable behavior and traits for Americans. It depicts the ideal American democrat, peace maker, and a well-rounded person, in general. Not that Walt Whitman is only about

Walt Whitman is a famous poet in American history and the founder of free style of writing poem. He was well-known with his work of Leaves of Grass and Drum-Taps. Walt Whitman was inspired to write poems about Civil War and changed his style of writing after experiencing the horrible result of the war. Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, Long Island, on May 31, 1819. He is the second son of eight siblings in the family. In his early life, Whitman received a formal education until age of 11 because

(Whitman's Civil War Poem's, how they differ, why they differ and where did most of his motivation come from?) Walt Whitman's Civil War Poem's differ from his earlier poems because they were patriotic poems. The book Drum-Taps (W. 1.-1. Whitman) simply explains how lives were changed during the Civil War era. Whitman was able to change the content of his poems and create a whole new audience of readers. Coming to terms with his own patriotism and expressing them in his poems. Ralph Waldo Emerson

formal pedagogies in favor of informal ones…” (Cain). Walt Whitman was no different; he prefered a hands on approach when it came to teaching and through his approach, he learned as much from the student as they did from him. Walt Whitman had several ideas and themes that came from his pedagogy as recorded in Song of Myself 6, 46, and 47. In Song of myself 6, Walt Whitman begins to question exactly how much an instructor can teach. Walt Whitman was known for his hands on approach when it came to learning

In his first anthology of poems entitled “Song of Myself”, Walt Whitman reveals some of his views on democracy through the use of symbolism and free verse poetry. His use of symbolism and free verse poetry creates indeterminacy, giving the reader hints rather than answers about the nature of the poem. In the sixth part of “Song of Myself”, a child asks the narrator of the poem, “What is the grass?” (Whitman). Instead of simply giving an answer, the narrator cannot make up his mind, and stumbles

Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson   In America’s history, there have been so many writers, but only few are known for changing the course of American literature.  Two writers that fit this description are Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman.  These two poets have different styles of writing but possess the same themes from the social environment that they are surrounded in.  The poetry reflects these poets’ personality and their own style of writing.  Whitman had an outgoing

"I have not gain'd acceptance of my own time, but have fallen back on fond dreams of the future" (by Walt Whitman, qtd. in Miller, Sex and Sexuality) SEX AND SEXUALITY IN THE POETRY OF WALT WHITMAN Perhaps, in the following essay I put a quart into a pint pot, because I intend to puzzle out, or rather, find and give a deeper insight into Walt Whitman's sexuality that is still a question on agenda. There are readers and critics who state that it is a shame to humble his poetry to this level

inner moonlight; don 't hide the madness. You say what you want to say when you don 't care who 's listening.” Walt Whitman was a brilliant writer of his time, a writer that created a voice for the masses to no longer be a mass, but an individual. He was truly a pioneer of his generation, a revolutionary in thought, and this is not his quote. Due to his paralleled lifestyle to Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg learned and drew inspiration from such works as “Leaves of Grass” to apply towards his own book